The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusadeor death. Al-Mandi'ssuccessor,Harun al-Rashid (786-804orderedthe
destructionof still more churches. Half a century later, the caliph
Mutawakkil (847-851) began an active persecution of the Church.
Riot and plundering mobs targeted Christians in Baghdad and its
environs severa l time sdur ing the nin th and ten th centuri es. Many
of the chur che s destroyedand Christians victimized were Assyrian.
Meanwhile, in China a new emperor initiated a persecution so fierce
that by 981 Nestorianmissionaries visitingChina found an utterly
decimated Church. Nonethelessthe Assyrian Church continued toattract
large numbers of converts andthe Turks and other s andmainta ined
a prese nce in China; late in thetenthcentury. aNestorianserved as governorof
China'sGansuprovince. an d th ei r ch ur ch es de st ro ye d; an
As sy ri an bi sh op wa s st on ed an d
hi s bo dy di splayed on the city
gates as a warning to the
Christians. In other attacks by
Kurds an d Mo ng ols da ri ng th etw elf th
and thirteenth centuries. untold numbersof
Assyrians were killed or enslaved butthe
wors t cam e fro m the Mong ol Tame rlane,
a dedicated Muslim whoconducted furious
jihad campaigns against Nestorians and
devastated their cities churches- It was full-
blown war against th e As sy ri an
Ch ri st ia ns : Ta mer la ne -
offered them conversion toIslam
dhimmitude, or death. By 1400,
the vast Nestoriandomains were
no more; Christianity had
almost completely died out
Central Asia, and China.'Muhammad
vs. Jesus
'And you willbe hated by
all for myname's sake.but
he who endures totheend will besaved.'
Jesus(Markl3:13)
"There is foryou an excellent example to follow
in Abraham and those with him, whentheysaid
to theirpeople: 'We areclearof youand of
whatever ye worship besides Allah: wehave
rejected you,and there has arisen, between us
and you, enmity and hatred for ever, unless ye
believe in Allah arid Him alone
Qur'an 60;4